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Title
Isham, Elizabeth
Reference
MS0030
Level of description
fonds
Date
1659?
Creator
Elizabeth Isham, fl1558-1630
Thomas Sendall, fl 1659
Scope and Content
A manuscript volume of recipes. The title page contains two titles. The first "This is a booke of phisick of Elizabeth Isham" and the second "Thomas Sendall Scripsit An[no] domini 1659". The titles are in two different scripts. It was possibly originally started by Elizabeth Isham and then continued by Thomas Sendall. Other scripts also occur in the volume. Some recipes are titled with names of their "creators" e.g. Lady Simon, Dr Stevens, Lady Dowglasse, Mrs Dormor. Inserted after page 48 there is a short note on the theatres of Elizabethan London. Among the numerous recipes are cures for burns, fits, French Pox, madness, memory, piles, plague in horses, sore eyes, toothache and wind.
Extent
1 volume
Physical description
The volume was repaired by Maltby of Oxford in 1948 but cannot be photocopied due to the fragile condition.
Language
English
Conditions governing access
Access to bona fide researchers by written appointment
Conditions governing reproduction
No photocopying permitted
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MS0517
Admin./ biographical history
It is possible that Elizabeth Isham was born in 1558 and died in 1630. She was born in Braunston, Northamptonshire and lived in Warden, Bedfordshire. She married Henry Cave. [Source:This information has been found using a Google search] No biographical information is currently known for Thomas Sendall fl 1659.
Associated names
Isham, Elizabeth, fl1558-1630
Sendall, Thomas, fl 1659